Poland's Kaczynski blames Merkel for EU's migration issues


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  • Sunday, 21 May 2017

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of the ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) speaks at a news conference in Warsaw, Poland May 15, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski again criticised the European Union's relocation scheme for refugees on Saturday, blaming Germany's Angela Merkel for causing the bloc's migration problems.

Kaczynski, leader of the conservative eurosceptic Law and Justice (PiS) party that heads the government, has been quoted as saying previously that migrants could bring diseases and parasites to Poland.

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